A5043447160- Food composition and properties
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- GABA and Rice Research
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena
- Tea Polyphenols and Effects
- Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
- Genetics and Plant Breeding
- Graphene research and applications
- Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies
- Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Soybean genetics and cultivation
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Seed Germination and Physiology
- Plant Gene Expression Analysis
- Diabetes Management and Research
- Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
- Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms
- Plant responses to water stress
- Quantum many-body systems
Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies
2017-2018
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid
2018
Centro di Ricerca per l’Orticoltura
2014
Sapienza University of Rome
2014
Azienda di Rilievo Nazionale ed Alta Specializzazione
2011
Cereal Research Centre
2007
Istituto Sperimentale per la Frutticoltura
2003
Although most rice cultivars have whitish kernel, some varieties a red testa. Aim of this work was to compare the total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and chemical composition (namely tocols, gamma-oryzanols, polyphenols) white rices. In addition, effect milling cooking on antioxidants investigated in both Dehulled showed TAC more than three times greater dehulled its high essentially characterized by presence proanthocyanidins (PA) associated phenolics. Milling caused significant loss TAC, even...
Renewed interest in breeding for high anthocyanins wheat (Triticum ssp.) is due to their antioxidant potential. A collection of different pigmented wheats was used investigate the stability over three crop years. The data show higher blue-aleurone bread aestivum L.), followed by purple- and red-pericarp durum turgidum L. ssp. convar. durum), using cyanidin 3-O-glucoside as standard. HPLC anthocyanin components shows five eight major blue extracts, compared purple red wheats. Delphinidin...
Rice is one of the most salt sensitive crops at seedling, early vegetative and reproductive stages. Varieties with salinity tolerance seedling stage promote an efficient growth stages in affected soils, leading to healthy that protects crop yield. Saltol major QTL confers capacity young rice plants growing under condition by maintaining a low Na+/K+ molar ratio shoots.Marker-assisted backcross (MABC) procedure was adopted transfer locus conferring from donor indica IR64-Saltol two temperate...
Rice quality is mainly related to the following two starch components, apparent amylose content (AAC) and resistant (RS). The former affects grain cooking properties, while RS acts as a prebiotic. In present study, Genome Wide Association Scan (GWAS) was performed using 115 rice japonica accessions, including tropical temperate genotypes, with purpose of expanding knowledge genetic bases affecting AAC. High phenotypic variation recorded for traits, which positively correlated. Moreover, both...
The aim of this research was to evaluate β-glucan-enriched flours, obtained from barleys with either normal or waxy starch, for their effects on the glycaemic index (GI) and quality bread. Rheological results confirmed that when barley flour included in dough overall bread slightly worsened. However, positive consequences glycaemia were starch barley: GI all-wheat (82.8 ± 7.2) significantly reduced (57.2 7.9) 40% wheat substituted (6.0% 0.1 β-glucan final blend). In contrast, effect (GI:...
Red rice fully dormant seeds do not germinate even under favorable germination conditions. In several species, including rice, seed dormancy can be removed by dry-afterripening (warm storage); thus, and non-dormant compared for the same genotype. A weedy (red) genotype with strong was used mRNA expression profiling, RNA-Seq, of dehulled caryopses (here addressed as seeds) at two temperatures (30 °C 10 °C) durations incubation in water (8 h 8 days). Aim study to highlight differences...
We consider a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in the Quantum Hall regime presence of Zeeman field, with Fermi level tuned to filling factor $\nu=1$. show that, spin-orbit coupling, contacting 2DEG narrow strip an s-wave superconductor produces topological superconducting gap along contact as result crossed Andreev reflection (CAR) processes across strip. The sign gap, controlled by CAR amplitude, depends periodically on wavelength and width can be externally tuned. An interface between...
Motivated by a recent experiment (Sanchez-Yamagishi et.al, arXiv:1602.06815) reporting evidence of helical spin-polarized edge states in layer-biased twisted bilayer graphene under magnetic flux, we study the possibility stabilising Quantum Spin Hall (QSH) phase such system, without Zeeman or spin-orbit couplings, and with QSH gap induced instead electronic interactions. We analyse how electric field, interlayer rotation angle, interactions (treated at mean field level) combine to produce...
Seed persistence in the soil is threatened by microorganisms, but seed coat helps protect from them. Although modern rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars have a whitish caryopsis, some varieties red caryopsis coat, trait typical of wild Oryza species. The colour due to oxidation proanthocyanidins, class flavonoids that found outer layers many We aimed assess whether these natural compounds (proanthocyanidins and proanthocyanidin-derived pigment) protective effect against microbial attacks....
Control methods alternative to synthetic pesticides are among the priorities for both organic and conventional farming systems. Plants potential sources of compounds with antimicrobial properties. In this study, antifungal potentialities saponins derived from Medicago species oat grains brassica sprouts have been explored control Verticillium dahliae, a widely distributed fungal pathogen that causes vascular wilt disease on over 200 plant species. All tested extracts showed Such compounds,...
The increase of temperature at the beginning, in middle and end malting has been evaluated terms quality parameters (malting losses, index acrospire development, friability, HWE, viscosity, SNR) enzyme (β-glucanase α-amylase) a good barley (Otis) higher protein-higher β-glucan content used for feed (Extra). A shift from 15 to 20°C beginning was shown HWE SNR reduce without significantly affecting losses. This effect related β-glucanase α-amylase activities within each variety. However, same...
We study a graphene Hall probe located on top of magnetic surface as detector skyrmions, using working principle the anomalous effect produced by exchange interaction electrons with noncoplanar magnetization skyrmion. magnitude function interaction, skyrmion size, and device dimensions. Our calculations for multiterminal nanodevices, in ballistic regime, indicate that realistic interactions single would give voltages well within reach experimental state art. The proposed could act an...